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GUINIAD. 



Ouiniad, Willoughby; p. 183. 



Sahno Wartmanni, BlocH; PI. 105. 



Coregonus Wartmanni, Cuvieu. 



Pennantii, Cat. Br. Museum, 1850, p. 80. 



Lavaretus, Linn.bus. Fleming; p. 182. 



" JBHTH8; Manual, p. 431. 



" Yabrell; Br. Pishes, vol. ii, p. 142. 

 Coregonus Nilssoni, formerly 



C. fera, Nilsson. 



We have several times found occasion to refer to the large 

 amount of confusion produced, especially among fishes of the 

 Salmon family, by the great variety of names which have been 

 applied to each species; or, what is still worse, by the same 

 name being applied to several species. Similar to this is the 

 case of the Guiniad, in regard to which, and some others that 

 are like it, we cannot feel assured in reference to the synonyms 

 derived from foreign writers; although in one instance, which 

 was an example obtained from Sweden, we entertain no doubt 

 of its being the same with the British species; of which the 

 name as given above professes a meaning in the ancient language 

 of our country, and which continues to be spoken in Wales. It 

 designates a fish which is distinguished by the brilliant whiteness 

 of its colour; but like all names which are simply descriptive, 

 this has also been applied to other species in that country; and 

 especially to the Sewen, and also to a younger condition of 

 the Common Salmon; from all of which however the real 

 Guiniad may be easily distinguished. 



The Guiniad is known over a large portion of the alpine or 

 elevated districts of the continent of Europe; but in our own 

 country in comparing its distribution with that of the Grayling 

 we find the former even more limited than the latter; while 



